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TIL that John Travolta has Functional Airport With 2 Runways At His House

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9w4gm TIL about volcanologist Barry Voight, who correctly predicted Mt Saint Helens Northern Flank would collapse. Among his other accomplishments, he is also Angelina Jolie’s uncle.
p8ZB8 TIL People have a cognitive bias where they over-estimate how noticeable their embarrassing behaviour is to others.
woknE TIL: Moray eel is the only known vertebrae to use its second set of jaws to both restrain and transport prey.
ZpArB TIL that the Washington Generals have only won ~5 games against the Harlem Globetrotters, while having lost more than 16,000 times.
wLOaY TIL one of the origin theories of the modern military salute comes from France. Knights were thought to greet one another in respect by lifting their visor with their free hand to reveal their face. The hand gesture of lifting the visor being similar to the "salute" hand gesture we do today.